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This paper identifies and critically examines the British Interplanetary Society’s geopolitics of outer space from 1933 to 1965, presenting a critical astropolitics of outer space in contributing to the critique of neo-classical astropolitics. The paper identifies three distinct periods in the changing geopolitical outlook of the BIS, the first being the idealist internationalism of the early years of the Society, the second concerning narratives surrounding the formation of the International Astronautical Federation, and the third articulating Commonwealth collaborations in promoting British-led spaceflight research. The paper concludes by suggesting that the early idealism of internationalism in spaceflight research became diminished and contingent by the mid-1960s in the context of the changing geopolitical realities of the post-war period, and argues for increased academic engagement with geopolitical cultures of outer space.
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178061
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This paper addresses geopolitical cultures of outer space by examining the selected life and works of Arthur C. Clarke (1918–2008), one of the leading space technology advocates of the twentieth century, in the specific context of his adopted home of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Within the framework of studies that have connected critical geopolitics and science, further discussions concerning the interface between imperialism, technology and tropicality help demonstrate the relevance of Clarke’s geographical imagination to understanding geopolitical cultures of outer space. Three aspects of Clarke’s life and works are examined: First, his underwater exploration activities in Ceylon from the late 1950s to the early 1970s; second, his 1979 Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel The Fountains of Paradise; and finally, his promotion of Sri Lanka as a future hub of outer space technologies in the early 1980s. The paper suggests that geopolitical readings of outer space can be understood through investigating diverse aspects of place, landscape and identity.
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